L.A. TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLES
FOUR OF A KIND BY PAUL COULTER Across
1 Light songs 6 “East of
Eden” director Kazan 10 Commercials 13 Surrounded by 19 Ancient Greek theater
20 Like marathons 21 Japanese drama
22 It’s against the motion
23 Law firm standout
25 Stay afloat, in a way
27 “Dream on!” 28 Rabbit predators 30 Clerical vestments 31 Warm, in a game 32 Acts disrespectfully toward
34 Obtain by trickery
36 Like Joel Goodson’s business, in a 1983 film 37 Respectful greeting
39 Egg cells
40 Fits to __ 42 Near-perfect bridge feat 46 South American shocker
52 Affect
53 Live for evil, say?
55 Back
56 Half a fly 57 Daisylike bloom 58 __ school
60 Dialoguestopping button?
61 “All That Jazz” director
63 Fire remnant 66 Piano’s soft pedal, for one 68 Future educator’s goal
72 Wrap in a bandage
73 Tennis star
Osaka
74 Brings (out) 75 Bakery buy
76 Hang (around), as with a friend
77 City on the Po 79 Likely
82 Out with permission, maybe
85 Put on a jury 88 Actress Cornish of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” 90 Vietnam War defoliant 92 Bonneville racing venue 94 Einstein’s “m” 95 B&O and
Reading
97 Places to hang 98 Office alerts
102 Beginning
104 Got the point? 106 “Your turn”
107 Part of A.D.
108 Liquid transfer
device
110 More than
simmer
113 Did a flower
garden task
116 Tennis umpire’s order after oddnumbered games ... and a hint to the two sets of circled letters in each of eight answers 118 Ingratiate
119 Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan
120 Highland wear
121 Cold shower?
122 Cateringsupply 123 Some “ER” roles 124 Toy with runners 125 Father-and-son
actors
Down
1 “Copacabana” showgirl
2 Bad day for Caesar
3 Lay down the law 4 Excessively
5 NBC weekend fixture, briefly 6 Carry away 7 Corporate symbols 8 Attending USC, e.g.
9 Terrible time? 10 Probably not a good sign at a picnic
11 Tight headgear 12 Trounce
13 Words in some pop group names
14 Do a yard job 15 14th-century Russian ruler 16 Heaps affection (on)
17 Swordfish __
18 Absorbent fabric
24 Word containing three of itself 26 Helped plan a job, maybe
29 Penny attachment 33 D-day French city
35 “The Lion King” lion
36 “Criminal Minds” agent played by Matthew Gray Gubler
37 Marines NCO 38 Double agent Aldrich
41 Coastal flier
43 Delhi dairy drink 44 Feeler
45 Author Rita __ Brown
47 Irish nationalist Robert
48 Symbols in some pop group names
49 Blow
50 Perfume name 51 Bad look
54 Artist El __ 57 “A Hard Road to Glory” author 59 Asmara is its capital
61 Make stout
62 Perth protest 64 Dues payer:
Abbr.
65 Big name in water filters
66 “My Heart Will Go On” singer 67 Appear
68 Country music sound
69 Country rocker Steve
70 Ancient
Greek medical researcher 71 Luxury
72 Ancient colonnade 76 Author’s assumed character 78 Young __
79 Left, as a sinking ship
80 Big East team 81 Nickname for Esther
83 24-hr. conveniences 84 U.S. govt. broadcaster 86 Ballpark figs. 87 1994 Peace co-nobelist
88 Way off
89 Flower named for its color and shape
91 In pieces 93 Flip-flop 96 Proverbial bone breakers 98 Manners 99 Olympics
segment
100 Maryland’s
Fort __
101 Court command 103 Wheel alignment 104 __ oil
105 Page-bottom
abbr.
107 Sleek, for short 109 PGA rival of Tiger 111 Brainstorm 112 D-day craft 114 Chewie’s pal
115 Drill wielder: Abbr.
117 Spanish “that”